File-cabinet.



R. W. WOOD.

FILE CABINET. APPLICATION FILED FEB/2, 1911.

#0 o a u Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 3, 1911.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912; Serial No. 606,188.

To all whom it may concern a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronx, in the count of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in File-Cabinets; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same. I

This invention relates toimprovements' in compressors or followers for use in'filing cards, leaves or the like in boxes, drawers or cabinets and the general object of the.

invention is to provide an article of this character of simple, strong, durable and inexpensive construction which may be used in any ordinary cabinet, box, or drawer in which such articles are tobe filed.

The principal object of the present invention is in the provision of a device ofthe character descrlbedwvhich is adapted to temporarily receive and bindingly hold any particular card in a conspicuous manner and thus separated from the remaining cards in the cabinet, whereby particular attention is directed-to the information 0011- tamed on said card.

many forms, all of which have Heretofore compressors or followers for the specified purposes have been made of roved to be more or less objectionable.

fastened at their mid-length to either the box or a partition and bearing on the cards or leaves near both side edges, or near both top and bottom edges. Such en agement caused unsatisfactory operatibn, t e cards or leaves sticking, or frlctionally engaging each other so that they were not easily or freely withdrawn one at a time.

A compressor or follower of this general class has been made of a single piece of sprin metal doubled at its mid-length and ormed with outwardl facing curved wings with their convex si es outward, but

this was ob'ectionable inasmuch as the cards into close contact with each other, so

that the capacity of the'box, drawer or cabinet was greatly decreased. Springs which, ata glance, appear like mine have I uch' com- 'pressors have been made of single springs also been made and used in pneumatic musi- Be 1t known that I, RICHARD WM. WOOD,

bear upon the front card at substantially;

the same distance from'its ed e, and whic may be compressed until the caves of the spring contact with each other, thus utiliz; in the full ca unity of the card receptacle.

ith this 0 ject in view the invention consists in the improved compressor hereinafter fully described and afterward specifi cally claimed, v

H the accompanying drawing, in which I have illustrated a Bpreferred embodiment of my nven ion secti nal View of a card receptacle, full of cards and containing my improved comigure "1 represents a pressor or follower in o erative engagementtherewith. Figs,2 an 3 represent respec.

tlvely, perspective and edge views of the ompressor removed from the receptacle.

Like reference characters mark the same parts in all of the li ures of the drawing. Referring specifica ly to the drawing, my improved compressor or follower 1 is formed. from a single sheet of sprin metal bent or folded upon itself midway .etweenits ends to formdiverging wings 2 which are, curved with an unvarying radius from the bottom upward and outward thereby increasing the spring tension or resistance thereof and evenlng the same at all times.

As clearly shown the card receptacle 1 is completely open at the top for the convenient insertion and removal of the cards from the same and the construction of the compressor and its particular. osition within the cabinet, not. onl holds t e cards in the manner described, but, as before stated, a card can be guided and inserted between the opposite curved faces of' the diverging .wings 2, of the compressor 1, and its lower edge brought in contact with the contracted curved portion which slides upon the bottom 7 of the receptacle as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. T removed from the other and desired to be us it will be seen, that the card cons icuousl dis layed is held yieldingly P y P in a vertical position between the wings and within the receptacle.

, out of contact with the up the same and the remaining cards in the per ends of information contained cabinet, whereby the without removing the B the particular construction ofthe card hol er as shown and described the opposite outer edges of the similarly curved converging win s are adapted for ielding and vertical ad uStment with the ront wall of the cabinet and the contents therein.

In applying thecompressor it is inserted in a box, cabinet or drawer between the front end of the same and the cards, with. the folded edge of the compressor downward and restin on the bottom of the receptacle and with t e concave sides .of the wings outward. In this position only the smooth upper edges of the win 2 will-engage the front 'of the box, and e cards near their upper edges, and thus, while holding the cards or leaves in an upright position, these will not cause them to bind at their lower edges nor revent any of them being removed W en it is desired to remove a card or. leaf and to later return it to the same place, one or more of the cards adjoining or immediately in rear of the card to beiextracted are drawn up a slight distance with said card and left pro'ecting thus marking the place from which t e card was removed. The cards thus drawn up will beheld in their projected position by the pressure of the wings 2 of the compressor or follower. Whenever there are more cards to be placed in the receptacle, or the compressor is for any reason compressed, bringing the upper edges of its Wings nearer together, the pressure will be exerted entirely against the upper edgesof the wings and as aconse quence the Wings will gradually approach er edge of the samepressor or follower, it

'tion,

Vhile I have herein shown and described one application or use of my improved comwill be obvious that the same may be employed for other uses 2 such as holdin letters or papers m in files or other receptacles.

Having thus fully described my invenwhat I claim as new is The combination with a rectangular shaped file cabinet completely open at its top, of a combined compressor and card holder comprising a strip of spring sheet metal doub ed closely upon itself forming thereby two similarly curved converging wings, their opposite outer terminal edges being adapted for yielding and vertical adjustment with the front wall of the cabinet and the contents thereof, the lower round portion of the" device being adapted for position movable contact with the base of the cabi net, whereby a card may be guided by the inner curved surfaces of the wings and my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

I RICHARD WM. WOOD.

Witnesses:

BERNARD J. KAPLAN, J osnrn YADEL. 

